Ghost stories tend to be short. Most often they can be told in five to twenty minutes around a campfire. They may have a surprise ending and are often also horror stories. Because they are short stories, many ghost story books are anthologies. Many times a ghost story sounds perfectly normal... until the end. BOO!
Notable authors of ghost stories[]
- Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)
- Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- Edith Nesbit (1858-1924)
- M.R. James (1862-1936)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951)
- Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
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Paranormal/Horror Literature
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